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David Migoya and Ricardo Baca ~ The Denver Post ~
New rule would limit industry's choice of pesticides to only those already allowed for use on food for human consumption.
Associated Press ~
The state's restrictive law doesn't allow people to grow their own, so only state-approved cultivation centers with rigid security systems will sell to dispensaries.
Jonah Bennett ~ The Daily Caller ~
Relaxing laws against marijuana is much more popular among the American public than even services like Uber and Airbnb, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey reveals.
Keith Coffman ~ Reuters ~
Despite an increasing number of Americans who do not view marijuana use as a crime, pot arrests across the United States increased last year for the first time since 2009, proponents of the drug's legalization said on Monday.
Gosia Wozniacka ~ Associated Press ~
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon's medical marijuana dispensaries are getting ready for a watershed moment this week: when recreational pot users will also be able to buy weed at their pot shops.
Laura A. Bischoff ~ Dayton Daily News ~
COLUMBUS — While campaigning for legal pot through Issue 3, ResponsibleOhio took steps Tuesday to pass a law that would allow Ohioans with marijuana convictions to go to court to get their records expunged.
Christopher Ingraham ~ Washington Post ~
The Drug Enforcement Administration spent $960,000 to destroy marijuana plants in that state in 2014 as part of its "Cannabis Eradication Program," according to a recent report by NBC affiliate KGW in Portland, Ore.
Kyle Potter ~ Associated Press ~
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Just two months after Minnesota launched its medical marijuana program, some patients turned off by high costs say they are back to buying the drug illegally because it's the only way they can afford it.
Kirk Johnson ~ New York Times ~
As it prepares to begin retail marijuana sales next month, Oregon is blazing a profoundly new trail, legal experts and marijuana business people said, to rethink cannabis-related violations.
Shira Schoenberg ~ MassLive.com ~
BOSTON - When Cristina Barbuto of Brewster took a job with a marketing firm, she told the company that she used medical marijuana to treat symptoms of Crohn's disease.
Whit Richardson ~ Portland Press Herald ~
A Passamaquoddy leader says a letter of intent with a Colorado consultant is about hemp production, but that could change, and legal gray areas abound.
Kristen Wyatt ~ Associated Press ~
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado's unusual tax law is forcing the state to suspend taxes on recreational marijuana for one day.
Jack Healy ~ New York Times ~
DENVER — Whether bought from a downtown shop or cadged from a friend’s basement greenhouse, legal marijuana is easy to find in Colorado. Places to smoke it, not so much.
Sean Williams ~ The Motley Fool ~
The issue of medical marijuana and zero-tolerance workplace policies remains a major obstacle for cannabis advocates.
Chris Roberts ~ SFWeekly.com ~
As America's multibillion dollar cannabis industry continues to expand, the nation's drug cops are seizing less weed.
Kristen Wyatt – Associated Press ~
DENVER (AP) -- Edible marijuana products in Colorado may soon come labeled with a red stop sign, according to a draft of new rules released Wednesday by state marijuana regulators.